Symptoma

Capgras Syndrome

Presentation

The present illness episode began after the patient stopped taking his seizure medicines at the advice of a faith healer.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Capgras Syndrome: A Review of the Neurophysiological Correlates and Presenting Clinical Features in Cases Involving Physical Violence. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 49, Issue. 11, p. 719.[cambridge.org]

This means that the caregiver gives frequent reminders of present time and location, including reminders of major life events, moves, or any substantial changes. The underlying cause of Capgras syndrome will be treated as much as possible.[healthline.com]

Psychiatrical

Selective damage to the vmPFC produces someone who also makes terrible decisions, but of a different type. This person has tremendous difficulty deciding anything; he or she lacks any “gut” intuition in such matters.[nautil.us]

The neurological diagnosis remained primary generalized epilepsy, without a known history of aura, focal symptoms, or documented focal neurological deficits before or after seizures; the same characterized past episodes and on this occasion.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The neurological diagnosis remained primary generalized epilepsy, without a known history of aura, focal symptoms, or documented focalneurologicaldeficits before or after seizures; the same characterized past episodes and on this occasion.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Urogenital

Incontinence of urine was noted. The patient said that he could hear voices arising within a thick smoke in the room. He also claimed that his wife, relatives, and neighbors were “duplicates.” His belief did not change despite logic to the contrary.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Treatment

Right now, there is no prescribed treatment plan for people with Capgras syndrome because more research needs to be done. But there are treatment options that may help relieve the symptoms. Treatment aims to address the underlying cause.[healthline.com]

Treatment [ edit ] Treatment has not been well studied and so there is no evidence-based approach. [34] Treatment is generally therapy, often with support of antipsychotic medication. [34] [35] History [ edit ] Capgras syndrome is named after Joseph Capgras[en.wikipedia.org]

Etiology

Capgras syndrome presents during a variety of psychiatric diseases and somatic etiologies. Capgras syndrome and other delusional misidentification disorders mandate a thorough evaluation for etiological diagnosis.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]